offense
offense 英 美 [ə'fɛns]
n. 犯罪；冒犯；前锋，攻势
名词复数:offenses
- The part of a team that tries to score points is called the offense. If you play forward on a soccer team, you are on offense.
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- n. 犯罪；冒犯；前锋，攻势
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1. to commit an offense
犯罪
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2. The new law makes it a criminal offense to drink alcohol in public places.
新法律将在公共场所饮酒定为刑事犯罪。
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3. a minor offense, a serious offense
轻罪；重罪
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4. She pleaded guilty to five traffic offenses.
她承认曾五次违反交通法规。
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5. The Redskins' offense is stronger than their defense.
印第安人队的进攻强于防守。
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6. He played offense for the Chicago Bulls.
他在芝加哥公牛队打前锋。
- offense (n.) late 14c., "hurt, harm, injury, pain," from Old French ofense "offense, insult, wrong" (13c.) and directly from Latin offensa "an offense, injury, affront, crime," literally "a striking against," noun use of fem. past participle of offendere (see offend). Meaning "action of attacking" and "feeling of being hurt" are both first recorded c. 1400. Sense of "breach of the law, transgression" is first recorded late 14c. Sporting sense first recorded 1894.
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